EFFECT OF SULFUR COMPOUNDS ON LIPID CONTENT IN BLOOD AND LIVER TISSUES OF RABBITS

Abstract

The article provides data on the use of different amounts of sulfur citrate and sodium sulfate in the diet of rabbits from 60 to 118 days of age and their effect on the lipid content of blood and liver tissues on the 58th day of the experiment. The research was conducted on young rabbits of the Hyla breed, divided into six
groups of 6 animals each. The animals of the first (I), second (II), third (III) and fourth (IV) experimental groups were fed with fodder of the ration of the control group and during the day they drank sulfur citrate according to the calculation of 2; 4; 8 and 12 mg S/kg of body weight. The young of the fifth (V) experimental
group were fed with the feed of the ration of the control group and were given sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) in the amount of 40 mg S/kg of body weight with water. The experiment lasted 68 days, including a preparatory period of 10 days, and an experimental period of 58 days. At the end of the experiment, blood samples were
taken from the marginal ear vein and after the liver tissue was slaughtered for the study of lipid content. As a result of the research, it was established that the introduction of sulfur citrate in the amount of 4 and 8 mg S/kg of body weight had a pronounced effect on the content of total lipids in the blood and their classes in  he liver tissue of rabbits.